Thursday May 19 2022 Port Dalhousie
Cold morning. Brrr. Warming up to 20 or so with no wind. We finally got our shore power going and that is a game changer. Hot water, unlimited power, Induction hob, and unlimited charging of all the electronics. Yay. Batteries at 130 v again. It is a big relief. The 110 v inverter made a loud startling noise when the house battery dropped below 9 volts and startled me. It was just a low voltage alarm.
So we were sitting there in the salon chatting and all of a sudden a gushing sound erupted. Water was flowing and we had a WTF moment. I traced the water from the bilge to the apparent leak and was able to shut off the water pump on the breaker and pump out the bilge. All seemed lost from there. Jeff took the flashlight and dug a little deeper and found that a hose under the sink had worked its way off and was gushing water. He was able to work it back on and reinstall the pipe clamp.
The only damage was, well there was no damage except our potable water seems to be empty. While the previous owner was showing me around the boat he turned on a tap and it gurgle out. He said that it was because of an empty tank, which he filled before we accepted the boat (see previous about how valuable a fabulous seller can be). And Jeff and I proved a method to follow from the symptom (running water) to the problem (faulty hose) to a fix. We haven’t gotten spare hose clamps, o-rings, screws, fuses, and the like yet. Jeff had a far better diagnostic skill than I did.
We didn’t sail today but there was no wind so no fault of ours.
The diesel tank is half full and the water empty and no idea about the black water so we will have to go do the filling and emptying tomorrow if the wind isn’t too high.
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